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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Baden find in the pilot of Flight 66?

2. Why did Baden not do an autopsy on Nelson Rockefeller?

3. What are symptoms of ricin poisoning?

4. What did Dan Reidy ask Wilbur Howard to do before he died?

5. If the primary method of identification is not available, what is the second type used?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe why Baden believes the dead woman at the fund raiser and the dead baby in the impoverished apartment represent the inequalities of life.

2. Describe the symptoms of strangulation, as seen during autopsy.

3. Describe the event in Oklahoma that caused the state to create an office of medical examiner.

4. Briefly explain the case of Ann Hart.

5. Describe the People vs. Levine case. What was the case, and why did Baden fail to do as he was asked by the DA?

6. Explain how the body of the mafioso was identified.

7. What are the ways mentioned in Chapter Six to identify a body?

8. What happened to much of the evidence in the Kennedy assassination case, and what does Baden believe occurred?

9. Explain what Baden notes occurs by the French Revolution as a way to bring bodies to medical schools for science.

10. Explain how Baden discovered the age, time of death, and identity of Katherine Howard.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The case of Carl Cappolono is listed as being an almost perfect crime. However, this case had several holes in it that eventually led to Carl's demise. Based on the book, what kinds of mistakes do killers make that eventually come back to haunt them? What do killers assume about poison, and why is this assumption incorrect? How can an ME detect poisons long after they have been administered, according to the tests done in the book? What does this say about the idea that poison killings are killings without a trace?

Essay Topic 2

Baden discusses the use of forensic medicine to help humanity. After reading the book, how do you think forensic medicine can help humanity beyond locating a cause of death? Do you think this role is important? Why? What does the role of an ME have on criminal trials and other investigations? Is this important? When combined with the knowledge that public opinion can overpower science, is the role of a medical examiner more or less important? Why? Be sure to use concepts from the book to explain your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the forensics used in the case of the prison riot at Attica to prove the guards accidentally shot the hostages. What techniques did Baden use to look at the bodies? What did he find? Why did people dislike his findings? How could he prove the findings? What mistakes did others, such as the funeral director, make that hindered the investigation? Did this serve to increase the tension? Why? Do you think the end result at Attica was beneficial? Why? What group did the riots help create? What does that group do? How did that help the prisoners in the long run?

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